sanitation

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On behalf of the intervenors, Shayla Myers argued that the encampment removal goal, approved by the City Council in a closed session, became a defacto quota system for sanitation workers to discard homeless people’s belongings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

It has also left much of the Gaza strip in ruins and displaced hundreds of thousands of people, forcing many of them to live without access to sanitation, healthcare or adequate nutrition.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

"Food security remains a challenge, while essential services, particularly water, sanitation, and health, are again on the brink of collapse," UN Assistant Secretary General Khaled Khiari told the Security Council.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

So, like many SSI recipients, she has continued to live with her father, who makes around $2,000 a month as a Philadelphia sanitation worker.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

Now our major concern is no longer with the disease organisms that once were omnipresent; sanitation, better living conditions, and new drugs have given us a high degree of control over infectious disease.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson